It was billed as a blind side, but Big Brother Canada viewers knew Kyle Shore’s eviction was a done deal.

The 24-year-old personal trainer from Porter’s Lake, N.S. was ousted from the reality series in a 9-1 vote on Thursday night’s episode. While his alliancemate Paul Jackson was the initial target, Shore was the more logical choice, given his physicality. (Dude has biceps bigger than my head.)

And seeing that Shore was on the losing side, numbers wise (his alliance of three couldn’t swing it against 10 people casting votes), his days were numbered. I caught up with him the morning after the night before as he made the media rounds in Toronto.

Question: What the hell happened?

Answer: Nothing happened! Me, PJ and Adel, we fell off the bandwagon. There was a bit of a forest fire and instead of walking around it, we decided to go through it. Great!

Q: How different was the reality in the house from what you thought it was going to be?

A: It was completely different. Words can’t even describe it. It was an educational experience. It was perfect. I learned so many things from different people, so many different cultures and styles mixed together. It was something I could never have imagined.

Kyle, left, prayed with Adel during his stay in the Big Brother Canada house.

Q: You and Sarah seemed to hit it off towards the end of your stay. Did that highlight what you could have done differently to improve your chances in the game?

A: I told Paul and Adel earlier about my stories. Sarah is a sweetheart and all, but that right there, when she came over to talk to me, that was just because I was the biohazard chemical spill. No one wanted to go near me. They’re all huddled in a corner, but she came over to have mercy on the guy and just wanted to know a little bit about me. She knew at that point that I was probably going home. I did open up to her a little bit, but at the same time, it was okay, I knew this wasn’t a real sincere (effort) with everyone scanning us from across the room. I just wanted to skim the top of it because my true friends at point, my brothers, knew my whole story.

Q: Did you do any campaigning to stay in the house, because we didn’t really see anything (on Thursday’s episode).

A: I was not scrubbing feet; I was not going to pluck eyelashes. I was not going to do anything. I had the assumption I was going home. I was a threat. I called out the two boys I thought were running things. I was not going to kiss ass. I was going to talk when I needed to, stir up the sh.t storm, but all I could really do was do me, be myself. I wasn’t going to be faking and crying every five minutes like some people.

Q: Was that a slam at Paul?

A: No, no, no! Not Paul, for God’s sake. It was a slam at Sabrina, if anything. One minute I’m giving her a motivational speech, the next she’s crying because a fern bush blew over. I couldn’t deal with it. Good Lord, I’d give her a wink and all of a sudden it was, ‘What did you say about me?’

Q: With your exit speech, why was it important for you to say that?

A: I wasn’t thinking about it. It all came right to heart. In this house, people don’t realize everyone is stuck in a room together. Things are said. But when you are out of the house, the real picture comes out: we are all the same. At the end of the day, we all have our differences, but we are the same, we all breathe the same air. The learning curve I had with Adel and his religion (Islam) really touched me. I learned a lot. Outside in the real world, there are a lot of people who aren’t open-minded to new things. They go on their own conveyor belt and don’t let other people in. I wanted to say there’s no need for hate. We’re all living, breathing the same air. It doesn’t matter if we’re black or white. It doesn’t matter about religion. At the end of the day, we’re all human beings. Those two, PJ and Adel, are my brothers. I learned a lot.

Q: Who are the brains of the house?

A: For sure, Kenny. He is in a really comfortable position right now. He is the puppet master. We call him Geppetto ‘cause he’s pulling everyone down there. I hope everyone is starting to see that, especially because I called out a couple of alliances. I hope people make a change to that. But Kenny is running the house right now.

Q: What alliances were you aware of?

A: A few of the girls definitely have alliances with the guys. It was clear to see who was aligned: Kenny, Andrew and Jon are clearly in alliance. And I’d like to call me, Adel and Paul an alliance, but that was more like a train wreck. It was a bunch of losers who would hang out at the same table. We didn’t even have a name. We couldn’t even agree on a freakin’ name! That’s when we knew we were in trouble.

Q: Any advice for Allison (the houseguest who joined the game a week late)?

A: I just hope the girls and everyone are going to keep an open mind and not be sheep and be too comfortable in the positions they’re in now. So my advice for Allison would be to talk to people, get to know them, but be very wary of who you talk to. And body language: watch what’s going on. It’s so unpredictable. I could be telling you all this with confidence, but it’s not. Expect the unexpected!

Q: What are you taking from your Big Brother Canada experience?

A: I’m taking something that $100,000 will never, ever, ever be able to buy. And that’s the bond and the brotherhood between a different race, a different culture and one of the greatest experiences of my life.

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